Good news for the housing market: sales of single-family homes rose by 18.9 percent in September, to 667,000 new houses sold, according to new stats released today from the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) …

Of Houston’s outer submarkets greater Katy accounts for the highest volume of home sales; however, activity in the area has shown signs of slowing as listings’ time on the market has lengthened. A number of Katy residents work in the energy and oil sec…